Johnny Messner was born in Syracuse, New York but raised in Newbury Port Mass. He has one brother and one sister. His brother is an artist and designed two of the tattoos on his arms. He lived in Europe for thirteen years while his father served in the U.S. Airforce. It was during this time that he developed his love of sports by playing on teams at the military bases. It was this love of sport that led to him originally planning to be a sportscaster, before he turned to acting. While struggling to be an actor he worked for years as a bartender and then later he worked for a year as a… More personal assistant to movie producer Andrew Stevens.
Messner was in the second season of The O.C., and guest-starred in the second episode of the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also starred as Detective Jack Hale in the FOX crime drama Killer Instinct, and as Bill Johnson in the 2004 movie Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid. He played ex-FBI agent Burke Wyatt in the 2008 TV movie Ring of Death, and stars in the 2009 movie Corrado as the title character, with Tom Sizemore, Frank Stallone and Tony Curran.